The nominees for the “Big Book”: Bulls are, and Pelevin nope

The finalists of the national literary award "The big book" season 2017-2018 in the demonstration hall of Gum. PHOTO by Alexander Shcherbak / TASS

The first thing that draws the attention of the list is this year is very short. Early nominees to ten, sometimes more, now only eight.

Second, what is surprising – not in the list “iPhuck 10” best books of Victor Pelevin over the years. Caustic as caustic satire on contemporary art, modern society, the Western European philosophers, American feminists, and everything else, including human life itself, it seemed to the Council of experts chooses finalists thing questionable. In particular, unceremoniously (Pelevin in “Iface” with vulgar rudeness and sincere rage falls on the professional literary critics, who, of his passages seem to just choke).